Eco-Friendly 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions on Graphene Quantum Dots in Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Chemical, Physical, and Morphological Characterization
2.3. Synthesis of GQDs
2.4. Synthesis of NADES
2.5. Synthesis of C-(diethoxyphosphoryl)propylidene, N-benzyl nitrone 1b
2.6. Synthesis of isox-GQDs 2a and isox-GQDs 2b
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Giofrè, S.V.; Tiecco, M.; Celesti, C.; Patanè, S.; Triolo, C.; Gulino, A.; Spitaleri, L.; Scalese, S.; Scuderi, M.; Iannazzo, D. Eco-Friendly 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions on Graphene Quantum Dots in Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 2549. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10122549
Giofrè SV, Tiecco M, Celesti C, Patanè S, Triolo C, Gulino A, Spitaleri L, Scalese S, Scuderi M, Iannazzo D. Eco-Friendly 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions on Graphene Quantum Dots in Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(12):2549. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10122549
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiofrè, Salvatore V., Matteo Tiecco, Consuelo Celesti, Salvatore Patanè, Claudia Triolo, Antonino Gulino, Luca Spitaleri, Silvia Scalese, Mario Scuderi, and Daniela Iannazzo. 2020. "Eco-Friendly 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions on Graphene Quantum Dots in Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent" Nanomaterials 10, no. 12: 2549. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10122549